My grandfather was a voodoo priest. A lot of my life dealt with spirituality. I can close my eyes and remember where… — Wyclef Jean Copy Share Image
If you're going to say the Jesus Prayer, at least say it to Jesus, and not to St. Francis and Seymour and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There was something about his grandfather's death, about men who love their sons . . .” — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
I've always known that my father's father and grandfather and grandmother were from Mexico. I've never denied it. I've always said it. — Susana Martinez Copy Share Image
Yes, my grandfather worked with Thomas Edison on the electric car, and he sold electric cars at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris. — Al Jardine Copy Share Image
I have been on the cover of Time magazine. My father was on the cover of Time, and my grandfather was on… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I just think, at my stage of life, becoming a new grandfather, it's about time I started to behave like a grandfather. — Rex Hunt Copy Share Image
My grandfather is Portuguese. He betrayed what was expected of him and married my grandmother of African descent on my father's side. — Fred D'Aguiar Copy Share Image
We invented the car, and it made it easier for us to crash and die. If I gave a car to my… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
My grandfather has been very depressed lately. He just doesn't know what to do. He says it's late in the game, and… — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
Sadly, I wish I had been able to play ["Miner's Prayer"] for [grandfather]. Yeah, I'll never escape the influence of him in… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
I wasn't going to get such a nice car - I was going to get a cute little hybrid or something, keep… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
My grandfather, born in 1865, was a copper miner from the age of 10. The air down the mines was poisoned with… — Shakin' Stevens Copy Share Image
My grandparents went through a bad experience themselves; they invested money in a church and got burned - the pastor had his… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
Then Arjuma saw in both armies fathers, grandfathers, sons, grandsons; fathers of wives, uncles, masters; brothers companions and friends. . . .… — Juan Mascaro Copy Share Image
The common fisheries policy unfortunately led to the devastation of fishing in Scotland. My dad had to close his business. As a… — Michael Gove Copy Share Image
You didn't know I could do that, did you?" he asked, conversationally. "I did not, Your Majesty," Teleus gasped. "My grandfather killed… — Megan Whalen Turner Copy Share Image
People make their life really hard. It was as simple as this: My parents went to church. My grandfather was a bishop.… — Fetty Wap Copy Share Image
If you live on an atoll and you get a warning by radio that a big wave is coming and everyone is… — Enele Sopoaga Copy Share Image
“I had wonderful grandparents, and I promise you that I don't have any emotional scars from what happened with my mother." "Of… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
My earliest memory is having my grandfather, who was born in 1899, read the newspaper to me in a foreign language. I… — Nina Arianda Copy Share Image
As we faithfully pay our tithes, the Lord will indeed open the windows of heaven and pour us out a blessing, that… — Sheldon F. Child Copy Share Image
“VINCE: I was gonna run last night. I was gonna run and keep right on running. Clear to the Iowa border. I… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
My grandfather was an exceptional entrepreneur and philanthropist who moved from Palestine to Jordan and created an amazing group of companies. In… — Hanan Kattan Copy Share Image
I began drawing as a very young child and had a grandfather who experimented with photography, so those things constituted my first… — Sigmar Polke Copy Share Image
I had no specific bent toward science until my grandfather died of stomach cancer. I decided that nobody should suffer that much. — Gertrude B. Elion Copy Share Image
Donald was to my grandfather what the border wall has been for Donald: a vanity project funded at the expense of more… — Mary L. Trump Copy Share Image
My grandfather was an undocumented immigrant. My great-grandmother, my bisabuela, carried him over the border in her arms. — Eric Garcetti Copy Share Image
The last thing a scientist would do is cling to a map because he inherited it from his grandfather, or because it… — S. I. Hayakawa Copy Share Image
My grandfather gave me my first guitar, an old acoustic with palm trees and dancing girls painted on it — Dan Fogelberg Copy Share Image
“Dr. Henry Templeton got the drop on me after I killed his grandfather before he was born. Apparently, that wasn’t enough to… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
[My grandfather -a miner] had black lung, and he didn't talk about it much. It's almost like a combat veteran. But he… — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
If the grandfather of the grandfather of Jesus had known what was hidden within him, he would have stood humble and awe-struck… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
The people whom the sons and daughters find it hardest to understand are the fathers and mothers, but young people can get… — Simeon Strunsky Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a history teacher, one reason the subject has been an integral part of my life. — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
I worked with him every day, and he was more than my grandfather. He was my best friend. — Corey Harrison Copy Share Image
To a small child, the perfect granddad is unafraid of big dogs and fierce storms but absolutely terrified of the word "boo." — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
“Grandfather recently died. He died alone on a trip away from home in a town where no one expected him to be” — Tea Obreht Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a vicar, and there was quite a lot of churchgoing when I was growing up. It's a world that… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfathers' granddaughters to take… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
![“Sadly, I wish I had been able to play ["Miner's Prayer"] for [grandfather]. Yeah, I'll never escape the influence of him in my life. And my - his wife, my grandmother, Earlene Tibbs - those experiences with them shaped me musically probably more profoundly than anything else in my life and shaped…” quote by Dwight Yoakam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a8/dwight-yoakam-9632_able_sadly-i-wish-i-had-been-able-to-play-min_1035823.jpg)
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